Published 10:40 pm, Friday, March 15, 2013

TROY – A seventh arrest was made Friday in the slaying of Takim Smith, the 21-year-old city resident who was robbed and stabbed to death in an apartment last month.

Chawn A. Sheares, 16, turned himself into police at about 5 p.m. after being indicted for his involvement in the homicide. Sheares, a city resident, faces charges of murder, robbery, conspiracy and criminal possession of a weapon. An arraignment is scheduled for Monday morning in Rensselaer County Court. Specifics of the charges in the homicide case were not disclosed by police.

Six other Troy teens have been indicted on murder, robbery and conspiracy counts.

Keyanna Bradley, 18, told police that a friend had asked her to lure Smith to her Corliss Park apartment to be robbed. Bradley, one of the indicted teens, said she tempted Smith to her apartment using the promise of sex as a ruse. After Smith undressed in her bedroom before Bradley and her co-defendant roommate, allowing them to check for a weapon, Bradley texted a co-conspirator that it was clear to confront him, her statement said.

Smith was then stabbed to death, the result of an involved ploy that began on Facebook to distract Smith so he could be robbed, officials say.

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The indictment against Bradley stated Smith was killed for his cell phone and jewelry. Sources told the Times Union last month that Smith had less than $40 in his wallet.

"There was blood everywhere," Bradley said in her statement to police last month.

Bradley and her roommate Mariyah Zeigler, 16, agreed to split the proceeds of the robbery, according to Bradley's statement. They hid under blankets as Smith was stabbed.

Bradley told police that Keith Ferguson, 17, had initially requested she lure Smith to the apartment.